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Report: EU budget plans may exclude Britain

EU officials are looking at the legal possibilities to agree a seven-year budget without Britain, given that PM Cameron has not backed down from his threat to veto any deal that does not foresee a spending freeze, the FT reports. The move may be just a negotiating tactic, however.

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.